Theses
Proposed research topics
Reconstructing the surface flow and wave fields in Lake Garda by integrating numerical modelling, in-situ measurements, and remote sensing (SAR)
Contacts: Marco Toffolon, Marina Amadori, Sebastiano PiccolroazAnalysis of thermal dynamics of proglacial lakes
Contacts: Marco Toffolon, Maria-Vittoria Tenci
Current PhD candidates
Maria Vittoria Tenci
Formation, evolution and fate of new proglacial lakes in the deglaciating Alps, co-funded by University of Trento, Italy and Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy (co-supervised by M. Toffolon and W. Bertoldi, UniTrento, M. Tolotti and M.C. Bruno, FEM) [2021-ongoing]
Matteo De Vincenzi
Water management of hypereutrophic shallow lakes (supervised by M. Tubino and L. Adami) [2022-ongoing]
Gaia Donini
Exploring the optical characteristics of lake ice and water: in-situ measurements and analysis (supervised by S. Piccolroaz) [2022-ongoing]
Francesca Hinegk
Modelling ice dynamics and environmental impacts in hydropower reservoirs with pumped-storage operations, co-funded by University of Trento, Italy and Sintef Energi (project HydroConnect), Norway (supervised by M. Toffolon, co-supervised by A. Adeva Bustos, Sintef) [2022-ongoing]
Ongoing MSc theses
... looking for MSc students working on lakes!
Ongoing BSc theses
Maria Wegher
Previous theses
PhD theses
Azadeh Yousefi
Investigating the crucial factors impacting the accuracy of machine learning models for lake surface water temperature and ice thickness prediction (2023)
Tullus Ullus Bergmann Filho
Stores, impacts and dispersal of sediments contaminated by mining legacy in rivers and estuaries induced by climate change effects (2021)
Marina Amadori
On the physical drivers of transport processes in Lake Garda: a combined analytical, numerical and observational investigation (2020)
Gregorio Alejandro López Moreira Mazacotte
Ecological modelling of lake ecosystems: integrating hydro-thermodynamics and biogeochemistry in a reduced complexity framework (2019)
Roshni Arora
River temperature behaviour in changing environments: trends, patterns at different spatial and temporal scales and role as a stressor (2016)
Tesfaye Haimanot Tarekegn
Downstream suspended sediment dynamics of reservoir sediment flushing (2015)
Sebastiano Piccolroaz
Deep ventilation in Lake Baikal: a simplified model for a complex natural phenomenon (2013)
MSc theses
Francesca Pisani - Monitoring and forecasting of gravity currents induced by the Adige-Garda tunnel openings in Lake Garda towards an operational management tool (2024)
Edoardo Facchinetti - Monitoraggio e analisi dei processi fisici ed ecologici del lago di Serraia durante il periodo di attività dell’impianto di ossigenazione ipolimnica (2024)
Ali Farrokhi - Reconstructing water quality parameters, Chl-a and total posphorus, in hypereutrophic Lake Albufera, Spain: a remote sensing and machine learning approach to assess agricultural impact (2024)
Anna Pinelli - Analysis of environmental impacts of a pump-storage system between two Norwegian reservoirs considering climate scenarios (2023)
Ilaria Carcereri - Wind field retrieval from SAR: a feasibility study on Lake Garda (2023)
Gaia Donini - Modelling hydrodynamics and ice formation in a pump-storage system between two Norwegian reservoirs (2022)
Marta Fregona - A simple model for predicting ice cover timing and thickness in lakes: development and application to Finnish lakes (2022)
Elena Maines - Gap filling of meteorological data using neural networks: the case of the Alpine Lake Tovel (2022)
Asja Alic - Optimal price-based scheduling of a pumped-storage hydropower plant considering environmental constraints (2022)
Mattia Grasso - Valutazione del trasporto verticale indotto dall'ossigenazione ipolimnica in un lago poco profondo tramite modellazione numerica (2021)
Sabrina Signore - Analisi di alternative progettuali per il miglioramento dell’efficienza nel trasferimento di ossigeno nell’impianto di ossigenazione del lago di Serraia (2021)
Antonino Russotti - Valutazione dell’ipotesi di destratificazione forzata del lago di Serraia tramite modellazione numerica (2021)
Francesca Hinegk - Applicability of remote sensing techniques for the water quality monitoring of the eutrophic Ypacaraí Lake (2021)
Valentina Lot - Analysis of the performaces of machine learning models to predict water temperature in lakes (2020)
Monica di Tommasi - Analisi degli effetti dello scarico di acque ipolimniche nel fiume Brenta (2020)
Aliander Meggiolaro - Lake surface temperature maps from landsat8 data and surface flow estimation from multiple image sequences (2020)
Marta Basso - Assessing the utility of modeling tools to simulate watershed processes and their impact on the water quality reservoir in post-fire conditions (2019)
Vittoria Stefani - Assessing catchment-scale impacts of hydropower on sediment transport in Vjosa River (2019)
Michele Sicher - Il paesaggio fluttuante del lago di Santa Giustina: riscoprire e riattivare paesaggi “invisibili” attraverso interventi puntuali tra acqua, natura e architettura (2019)
Eugenio Cividini - Caratterizzazione della turbolenza nel lago di Garda (2018)
Ruben Sadei - Eutrophication process in Lake Ypacaraí: analysis of the internal phosphorus load (2018 )
Luigi Hinegk - Water and nutrient balance of Lake Ypacaraí and Salado River basin (Paraguay): data analysis and modeling (2018)
Luca Cortese - Modeling lake ice formation: analysis of the inverse stratification dynamics in five Swiss lakes (2018)
Andrea Salvadore - Hydro-thermodynamic modelling of the shallow Lake Ypacaraí (Paraguay) (2018)
Michele Bonazzi - Sentinel-2 time series for retrieval of Chlorophyll-a, application to Müggelsee Lake (2018)
Giuliano Morini - Contributo della conoscenza locale alla modellazione idrodinamica del lago di Garda (2018)
Francesco Piccioni - Uncertainty assessment of lakes surface temperature variations under a changing climate: the case of the Laurentian Great Lakes (2017)
Giovanna Dalpiaz - Development of a modelling framework for the evaluation of the effectiveness of selective withdrawals from reservoirs in Switzerland to reduce thermal impact on downstream rivers (2017)
Giulia Stradiotti - The effect of erosion-suspension-deposition cycles on the structure of cohesive sediments flocs (2017)
Giovanni Bugnotto - The effect of erosion-suspension-deposition cycles on the structure of cohesive sediments flocs (2017)
Gianluca Salvagno - Analysis of the long-term bio-morphological evolution of a hydropower regulated river: Surna River, Norway (2016)
Marina Amadori - Caratterizzazione dei fenomeni di trasporto nel lago di Garda mediante modellazione integrata idrodinamica e meteorologica (2016)
Elisa Calamita - Dinamiche termiche nei corsi d'acqua: analisi e modellazione (2015)
Daniele La Cecilia - Interactions between river stage and floodplain swamp vegetation detected using Landsat images in the Apalachicola Delta, Florida (2014)
Fabrizio Parisini - Analysis of the steady and unsteady parts of a gravity current flowing over a concave slope (2014)
Francesca Rauzi - Modellazione idro-termodinamica e del trasporto dei nutrienti nel lago di Ledro (2013)
Enrica Agnolin - Analisi preliminare della stratificazione termica del lago Ritorto nell'ipotesi di utilizzo per innevamento artificiale (2012)
Alessandro Zorzin - Verifica sperimentale del mescolamento indotto da un getto in acqua ferma (2012)
Marta Benedetti - Ricostruzione del bilancio dei nutrienti nel lago di Ledro (2012)
Elena Soini - Study and modelling of the thermal regime of a highway detention pond (2011)
Claudia Carlin - Modellazione delle circolazioni lacustri indotte da un campo di vento variabile (2011)
Luisa Goucherians - Gestione della diga Josè Cecilio Delvalle (Honduras): quantificazione delle richieste di utilizzo e implicazioni per la risalita del cuneo salino e l'ambiente fluviale (2010)
Daniele Pigoni - Thermal dynamics at the bottom of an ice-covered lake (2009)
Francesca Cinotti - Aspetti biologici del lago di Serraia: andamento stagionale delle fioriture algali (2008)
Tiziana Comai - Un contributo alla valutazione del bilancio energetico di un lago alpino (2007)
Christian Dallapiccola - Studio delle correnti superficiali del lago di Levico con tracciati passivi GPS (2006)
Maria Caterina Sighel - Profili verticali di turbolenza in ambiente stratificato: il caso del lago di Levico (2006)
Rudy Faitini - Simulazione numerica di un ossigenatore ipolimnico (2005)